Birds to See in Nevada in October
146 bird species on our list for Nevada are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are White-crowned Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, House Finch, Northern Flicker and Common Raven. New this month: Hooded Merganser, Snow Goose, Tundra Swan and Cackling Goose and 19 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
White-crowned SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Lincoln's SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Red-naped SapsuckerBusiest month of the year · All year
Gray CatbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Nov
Broad-winged HawkBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Clay-colored SparrowBusiest month of the year · May
From Nevada’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 146 birds in October
146 birds
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Oct
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct- Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.35% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.33% in Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusSummer visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.13% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Oct
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Oct
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Oct
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Oct- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentRare8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Oct
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusSummer visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusResidentRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made